Warren County jail escapee charged for 150 robberies in federal court

PHILADELPHIA -- Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia are charging a man, who once escaped from a Warren County correctional facility, with leading a burglary ring that robbed more than 150 businesses in more than a dozen states after he escaped from prison in 2001.

U.S. Attorney Michael Levy said 37-year-old Scott Allen Hornick assembled a gang of burglars that broke into camera stores, music stores, pharmacies and other businesses from Connecticut to Virginia. Four other people have already been charged.

Hornick, who at one point was profiled on "America's Most Wanted," escaped from the Warren County Correctional Center on Aug. 6, 2001. He was arrested on a variety of charges in July 2007 in Hartly, Del. and is currently in custody.

Hornick's attorney, John Fioravanti, didn't immediately return a call for comment this afternoon.